Zinnia

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1. Swan Ganz Cath Question

   Zinnia replied to bwt02's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   I am having trouble visualizing all these cables. Does this impact patient mobility at all? Is it anymore problematic than the usual ICU lines? I work in a small rural ICCU, nine beds, where docs are...

2. Swan Ganz Cath Question

   Zinnia replied to bwt02's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   We do not use the iced injectate either, but still stock the equipment for it. I have only used it as a trouble shooting method, when things are not working. Usually just getting a cool IV bag off the...

3. What is Forensic nursing?

   Zinnia replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   I heard a nurse with a master's in forensics speak at a workshop. She was the county

4. Nurses who smoke

   Zinnia replied to Fivestar22's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   "I don't get to leave the floor when I need a break from the floor." Take your

5. Woman refuses CS, charged with murder

   Zinnia replied to crankyasanoldma's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Because the woman said she did not want to be cut from breastbone to pelvic bone, it makes me wonder what teaching she had. The scars for C-section are actually very small aren't they? And because the...

6. help needed

   Zinnia replied to Zinnia's topic in Rehabilitation

   My son sustained a basilar fracture, frontal subdural hematoma and a fractured left tib/fib. He is getting along well with crutches and so far, with my other son home from college, my husband and I...

7. help needed

   Zinnia posted a topic in Rehabilitation

   My son is coming home after an accident with head trauma. He has deficits with verbal memory and insight/judgement. I need internet resouces for things I can do at home to help him. I am an ICU nurse...

8. Do you use the trendelenberg position?

   Zinnia replied to wishingmary's topic in MICU, SICU

   Trendelenberg position puts pressure on the carotid sinus and you get a false improvement. Yes, the numbers 'look' better.

9. Chronic Tardiness

   Zinnia replied to Tweety's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   The best "when a patient is in trouble or crashing" nurse is chronically late, if fact, we call her ten minute mary. But the fact is at least once a month she oversleeps and is a good HOUR late. She...

10. Sick call policy

    Zinnia replied to goldgram's topic in Nurse Management

    My hospital has the ,if you get sick on a weekend you have to sign up for extra weekend hours, policy. We had to do this because managers couldn't make their chronic 'call-ins' behave. Also ,we have a...

11. Surgical consents

    Zinnia replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    The nurses get the consent signed with a doctor's order at my hospital. It says right on the consent 'the physician"____" has exlpained the procedure to me.' We fill in the surgeon's name. On that...

12. Any advice for newRNstudent

    Zinnia replied to newRNstudent's topic in General Students

    You get out of nursing school what you put into it. Study groups excellent,tutoring a slower student is the best way to get it all into your head. And when you get to the floors..volunteer to see...

13. What does a Nurse Recruiter actually do??

    Zinnia replied to JillRene's topic in General Nursing

    The other day at work at 0710,right when we were giving report to the day shift,I answered the phone. It was a nurse recruiter from a nearby bigger city hospital wanting to know if any of our nurses...

14. How long does report take?

    Zinnia replied to RNnites's topic in General Nursing

    We give a verbal report in the ICCU,using our bedside charting as a guideline so we don't forget anything. don't know how this will work when we go to computer charting...We keep worklists on...